Mark Richt says he was outcoached by UCF's George O'Leary in Liberty Bowl

July 21, 2011|By Rachel George, Orlando Sentinel

Even though Georgia’s Mark Richt is the dean of coaches in the most powerful conference in college football, he admitted at SEC Media Days that UCF coach George O’Leary outwitted him in the Liberty Bowl.

When asked how devastating the 10-6 Liberty Bowl loss to UCF was to his program, Richt replied: “It wasn’t devastating. It hurt real bad. I didn’t enjoy it. But devastation means you’ve blown up the program and it’s beyond repair so I don’t think it was devastating. But it was awful, I can say that.

“I will say this: Coach O’Leary outcoached me. Their team played harder than we played and they deserved to win. We learned from that. We learned that we better compete harder and we better learn to finish better. That was the story of our season.”